Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  HD200775  ·  Iris Nebula  ·  LBN 487  ·  LDN 1168  ·  LDN 1170  ·  LDN 1171  ·  LDN 1172  ·  LDN 1173  ·  LDN 1174  ·  NGC 7023
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NGC7023 - The Iris Nebula, Jason Guenzel
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NGC7023 - The Iris Nebula

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NGC7023 - The Iris Nebula, Jason Guenzel
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NGC7023 - The Iris Nebula

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Here is the well-known Iris Nebula, NGC7023, which floats about 1300 light years away.

It is a reflection nebula. The central star carved out a pocket in the immense brown dust cloud and now illuminates it from within. We see the reflected starlight here in blue.

I’d say this is definitely the best look I’ve been able to get so far. Enjoy!

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